Gate.



Patented Apr. 22, I902. W. H. KEMPER.

GATE.

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(No Model.)

No. 698,29l. Patented Apr. 22, 1902.

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GATE.

(Application filed Oct. 25, 1900.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

UN TED STATES PA ENT OFFICE;

WILLIAM H. KEMPER OF DANVILLE, KENTUCKY; v

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part or Letters Patent No. 698,291, dated April22, 1902'.

I Applioetien filed October 25,1900. Serial No. 34,322, (No model.) I 7T at whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. KEMPER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Danville, in the State of Kentucky, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in' Gates; and I do hereby ,declarethefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description vof theinvention,'such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which itappertains to make and use the same. 7

This invention relates to gates in general,

, and-more particularly to thatclass known as farm-gates and which areadapted to be opened and elosed-withoutit-being necessary for theoperator to leave his vehicle.-

The object of the invention is to provide a device which will be simpleand cheap of construction and which,- moreover, will be easyofoperation. 1

In the drawings forming'a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals "of reference'indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the complete gate. Fig. 2 is aside elevation showing the gate in an open position Fig. 3 is an endview of the gate.

Referringvnow to the drawings, thega te 1 proper'comprises frontuprights 5 and'6 and rearuprights '7 and 8. Rails 9 have their frontends secured'between the uprights 5 and 6 and their rear ends securedbetween the rear uprights 7 and 8. Additional uprights 10 and 11 aresecured one on each side of the rails and adjacent the uprights 5'and 6,and extending from the upper ends of the uprights 10 and 11 to'the lowerends of the uprights 7 and 8 are braces 12 and 13, one of Y which isdisposed on each side of the gate.

Upon a suitable base are formed ears 1 6;-

and'17 and providedwithxalining perforaof a pivot pin 18,;passed'through the perforations in the ears and through a correspond- 'ingperforation in the lower ends of the rear uprights 7 and 8. Metalibearing plates are attached to the outer-faces of the rear 'up-' {rightsat their lower ends to receive the Wear of the-pivot-pin and support theweight of the gate when it is being tilted. The pivotv pin extendsbeyond the ears lfi and l7, and

pivoted upon this pin are plates 20jand 21,1" v; the opposite ends ofwhich are bent inwardly i I and are then extended "parallel and boltedto the side faces of the bottom railoffthe gate. g These plates 20 and21 act to brace the struc a. ture, and thus prevent lateral swin'gingofthe gate as it is swung from one position to J another upon its pivot; v'7 I a a v 7 L In order to oscillate the gate,and=thus.to f I open andclose it, uprights 23 and 24: aredis: posed at opposite sides of thepivoted endfof the gate, whichuprights have their upper ends bifurcatedforthe'reception of levers'25 '65'f4j a and 26, which are pivotedtherein, The ends of the levers 25 and 26'adjacent the gate areconnected thereto'through themedium of- I" links 27 and 28, these linksbeing in turn piv 1}. otally connected with thei'gate. f v The pivotal;connection of the links with the gate' is made directly with plates27","lying againstl'th e outer-faces of the short uprights 29 and 30,the upper ends of which lie against the braces I 12and'13, while theirlowerends 'lie against the outer face of .the bottom rail, tofwhich vand the rail next above g'they are secured." a The plates 27- arepivoted directly to the, up-f I per ends of-uprights 29 and'30, andthus'as the levers above referred to'aredrawn they? a actto lift thegate on its pivot until the gate has passed beyond the dead-center, whenthe -s lever is released and theweight of the gate H causes it to fallto theopen position. When it isdesired to close the gate, either s leverisdrawn downwardly andthen released, whenthe momentum ofthe gate'willcarry itover the dead-center and to the closed'poj sition. In thisrocking movement of the gate there is of course a-tendencyfQr ittonlove"sidewise, and this tendencyisovercome'b the brace-platesabovejreferredto. I

It will benoticed that the bracesf12' and arecon'nected directly toeach' rail of the ga with the'exceptio'nof the bottom one,and are'connected to the latter-bymeansofblocks 29 and 30; As the links a'reconnectedwith t blocksthrough the medium of the plat "27, the liftingstrain is distribut the'gate'. H Having thus' described yin en on",,whal im S-V-i" I I ,1 "1? it 1,

A gate comprising end uprights horizontal rails connected tl1ereto,add ouprights connected to all of the rails adjacent to one end of the gate,a pair of braces disposed one at each side of the rails and extendingfrom the upper ends of the lastnamed uprights downwardly and rearwardlyto the lower end of the upright at the rear end of the gate andconnected to all of the rails, short uprights secured to the bottom railof the gate and resting with their upper 10 ends against the under facesof the braces,

